Album: Who are You: An All Star Tribute to The Who
Artist: various artists
2012 Purple Pyramid Records (Cleopatra Records, Inc.)
CD: CLP 8931

With:
John Wetton: vocals (1)
KK Downing: guitars (1)
Derek Sherinian: keys (1)
Roye Albrighton: vocals (2), guitars (2)
Ron Howden: drums (2)
Jerry Goodman: violin (2)
Mark Lindsay: vocals (3)
Wayne Kramer: guitars (3)
Rick Wakeman: keys (4)
Joe Elliott: vocals (4)
Huw Lloyd-Langton: guitar (4)
Carmine Appice: drums (4, 8)
Knox: vocals (5)
Dave Davies: guitars (5)
Rat Scabies: drums (5)
The Raveonettes (6)
Sweet (7)
Todd Rundgren: vocals (8), guitars (8)
Iggy Pop: vocals (9)
Pat Travers: vocals (10), guitars (10)
Peter Banks: guitars (11)
Peter Noone: vocals (11)
Ginger Baker: drums (11)
Gretchen Wilson: vocals (12)
Randy Bachman: guitars (12)
Terry Reid: vocals (13)
Mike Pinera: vocals (13)
Brad Gillis: guitar (13)
John Wesley: vocals (14), guitars (14)
David Cross: violin (14)
Donnie Van Zant: vocals (15)
Don Barnes: vocals (15)
Ted Turner: guitars (15)
Ian Paice: drums (15)
Joe Lynn Turner: vocals (16)
Leslie West: guitars (16)

Jürgen Engler: additional instrumentation
Billy Sherwood: drums (1, 3, 9, 10, 12-14, 16)

Produced by Jürgen Engler & Chris Lietz, except (6) produced, engineered and mixed by Sune Rose Wagner, and (7) produced by David Jenkins
Mastered by Bob Katz
Co-production and engineering on "Dear Daddy" segments by Daylon Walden
Art: Tom Kuhn


Tracks:
1. "Eminence Front" (5:31)
2. "Baba O'Riley" (5:22)
3. "I Can See for Miles" (4:06)
4. "Love Reign O'er Me" (6:16)
5. "My Generation" (3:28)
6. "The Kids are Alright" (2:32)
7. "Won't Get Fooled Again" (7:41)
8. "Anyway Anyhow Anywhere" (2:37)
9. "I Can't Explain" (2:07)
10. "Behind Blue Eyes" (3:42)
11. "Magic Bus" (3:19)
12. "Who are You" (5:05)
13. "Pinball Wizard" (3:03)
14. "Squeeze Box" (2:49)
15. "Bargain" (5:24)
16. "The Seeker" (3:21)

All songs by P Townshend, except (8) by Townshend/R Daltrey


Notes: Another Cleopatra Records tribute album, another array of guests, many veterans of other Cleopatra projects (for example, Sherwood, Baker, Davies, Lloyd-Langton, Pop, Travers, Turner and West all also appear on Black on Blues - A Tribute to The Black Keys). However, unlike many, this tribute album wasn't overseen by Sherwood, although he did do session work for it on drums (in Mar/Apr 2012). Instead, it was headed by Jürgen Engler, who also oversaw Nektar's A Spoonful of Time covers album for the same label. While Banks is credited as the guitarist on (11), most of the guitar on the track is Engler's original guide recording, and Engler only used a small amount of Banks' playing at the end.

This album was released as a CD, download or 2LP (LP1 side A is tracks 1-4, side B is tracks 5-8, LP2 side A is 9-12). (HP, 29 Jan 13; updated, 30 Aug 21)

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